Windows Media Player facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Windows Media PlayerA component of Microsoft Windows |
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| Details | |
| Type | Media player |
| Included with | Windows 98 SE Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 |
| Replaces | ActiveMovie Control, CD Player, DVD Player, and Media Player |
| Related components | |
| Windows Media Center | |
Windows Media Player is a special computer program created by Microsoft. It's like a digital music and video player for your computer. This program comes already installed on most Microsoft Windows computers. An older version was also made for some Apple Macintosh computers.
Windows Media Player lets you watch different videos and listen to music files. It can play many kinds of digital files. You can also change how the program looks using different "skins." These are like themes that change its appearance. You can even make it small enough to fit on your computer's taskbar. This makes it easy to control your music or video while you do other things.
Images for kids
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Media Player 5
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Windows Media Player 11 running in mini mode (in Windows XP MCE) showing the "Bars and Waves" visualization
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Windows Media Player 11 running in mini mode in Windows Vista and Windows XP respectively. Notice the difference in the logo.
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The thumbnail viewer of Windows Media Player 12 in Windows 7 Home Premium
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Windows Media Player 10.3 Mobile on a Windows Mobile Professional device
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See also
In Spanish: Reproductor de Windows Media para niños
